Supernatural Horror Stories
Browse supernatural horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
Part 9 - St. Agnes
A door that never existed leads to a hallway frozen in 1912, where the past is far from finished.
Part 10 - The Overlap
The motel's impossible measurements were only the beginning. Now, every room seems to be calling from somewhere else.
The Place No One Returns From
Four friends—Aleah, Allyssa, Alex, and Leo—travel to Eldemoor, a mysterious place where people disappear or return changed. Their journey leads them to Blackthorn, a terrifying mansion filled with dark secrets,…
He Didn't Stay In The Photos
A final visit to Grandma's attic reveals the truth about the boy who has haunted the family photographs for generations.
I Found A Photo Album In Her Attic
An old family photo album reveals a figure that has been watching her relatives for decades.
I Traded My Son For A Better One, And I Hate Myself For Not Regretting It
A grieving father is offered a way to finally see his son without seeing the dead wife he can never escape.
I Went Looking For the Officer Whose Name Was Redacted
The search for a redacted police officer leads to a photograph that should not exist, and a message that knows exactly where he is.
It's Lonely Here
He wakes to a perfect summer day, only to discover that paradise has left him completely alone.
The Time-Out Room
A childhood punishment reveals a darkness that was never meant to be disturbed.
I'm Stuck in a Simulation Please Send Help
A miracle treatment promises to cure her troubled mind, but every awakening pulls her deeper into a terrifying cycle.
The mask killed you not I
A mysterious mask follows a grieving couple wherever they try to escape it.
I survived drowning as a child and now The Drowned Mother wants me back
After surviving a childhood drowning, a woman discovers that the entity who pulled her under has never stopped waiting for her.
I Used to Work as a Mortician and There Is Something Funeral Homes Don’t Tell You
A former mortician reveals the secret behind what happens to some bodies on the third day after death.
My bird keeps calling out my husband’s name, but he died a year ago
A grieving widow begins receiving impossible anniversary gifts from the husband she lost, but each gift grows more disturbing.
The Halo
Her halo proved she was free of sin, but anyone who touched her would pay the price.
The Ring Mark
A dungeon guard is pulled beneath the bathwater, only to awaken with memories of another life.
My Aunt Recorded People's Last Moments, and I Have No Idea Why
Her tapes captured something that should never have spoken again.
The flea market sells strange things at night.
A strange mirror offers a doorway into a dark ocean... and something enormous is waiting below.
The Colour Between
Somewhere between grey and black is a colour only the missing can remember.
I Read a Page From a Book That Brought On Mental Anguish, and Now I Want Nothing More Than to Finish Reading It
After reading a single page from an impossible book, a college student becomes haunted by shifting entities and an obsession to recover the manuscript that destroyed his professor.
Someone keeps knocking on my back door at exactly 2:15am
After his wife's death, an elderly widower begins hearing relentless knocks on his back door every Thursday at 2:15am until he discovers the impossible source is much closer than he…
Did You Know Bones Can Sing?
A routine medical screening uncovers a rare condition that causes one man's bones to emit strange radio signals. When researchers tune in, they hear something that was never meant to…
I will draw you with a thousand words
A photographer's interactive gallery installation begins printing impossible messages, leading to an encounter with something trapped inside a masterpiece.
Welcome Home Lazarus
A first-time homeowner's exhausting workweek is interrupted when the house's former owner breaks in, pursued by armed men searching for something hidden behind the bedroom wall.
My boyfriend talks to someone who isn't there. One day something spoke back.
A woman grows concerned when her boyfriend constantly whispers to someone unseen until she hears a second voice answer.
My father walked out on me twenty years ago. Tonight I found out why.
After twenty years of silence, a man finally meets the father who abandoned him, only to uncover an impossible family secret.
The God In The Corner
A high school teacher dismisses a student's strange stories until a desperate wish forces her to confront the shadow waiting in the corner.
There is a reason why you shouldn't burn witches
The last surviving witch recounts the terrible secret her coven has protected for decades and why the townspeople's hatred will doom them all.
Every kid in my class is sleeping except me.
A student discovers the terrifying truth behind a mandatory sleep curfew and the hidden war happening beyond their dreams.
My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.
A woman seeks help for her boyfriend’s disturbing behavior, only to discover a terrifying truth about what changed him.
My torture victim refuses to die
A seasoned killer encounters a victim unlike anyone before, as a night of violence turns into an impossible psychological battle.
My Sister has Been Tweeting From her Coma
A grieving brother notices impossible messages from his sister’s account after her accident, leading to a terrifying final discovery.
According to native legend the mountain is the petrified body of an evil god due to its human-like shape, but the plans to quarry into its 'face' proceeded as planned.
They laughed at the legend until the mountain started bleeding.
My Wife Only Looks at Me in Mirrors
I spent months proving I was no longer the man who hurt her. Then my reflection raised its hand before I did.
The Last Prophet
The world searched for answers when people started dying. The truth was hidden in the hands of the one man who caused it.
White Goes First
The game was simple: white goes first, checkmate means freedom, and every piece on the board remembers someone I forgot.
The Apartment Across From Mine Should Be Empty
Every night at exactly 2:14 AM, someone waves at me from inside it.
The Voice in the Baby Monitor
My son started talking to someone upstairs after midnight.